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Bill Woods

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Career Objective:

Position with growth potential where my managerial, leadership, and technical skills, background,

and experience could contribute and further enhance the success of a world-class organization.

Career Summary:

Over 25 years experience in managing quality in Canadian, American and Japanese based

facilities.

Part of two separate management teams who successfully completed new production facility

start up projects, one in Canada and one in the United States.

Familiar with Japanese Total Production System and Kaizen implementation.

Managed new launch quality development of the Lexus RS330 start up and received one of 5

launch awards from Toyota Motor Manufacturing Company.

Implemented ISO 9000, TS16949 Quality Management Systems and ISO 14000 Environmental

Management Systems in multiple facilities.

Completed internal and external audits to ensure compliance to Quality Management systems.

Certified TS 16949 Lead Auditor and approved all internal audit activities.

Managed supplier development and ongoing activities.

Professional Experience:

2016-2017 Poly-Nova Technologies, Guelph, Ontario

Quality Manager

Managed 1 engineer and 4 technicians in a tier 3,4 rubber moulding facility.

Supported maintaining of the TS16949 certification and the ISO14000 certification.

Worked with manufacturing to reduce internal defects and respond to customer concerns.

Supported APQP activities through weekly reviews and customer visits, audits.

Visited suppliers to ensure quality product was delivered, lead supplier improvement

initiatives.

2012- 2016 Toyota Boshoku Canada, Elmira, Ontario

Assistant Quality Manager

Supporting production in a JIT environment supplying seating and door trim to Toyota Canada

Cambridge Lexus.

Focused on door trim, vacuum forming and Injection moulding, supporting seating quality

reducing customer defects and meeting customer quality target of 15 PPM for my first year.

Reduced door trim defects from over 4 per month to less than 2.

Implemented 1X1 defect reduction in door line

Implemented cost reductions totaling over $750,000.00 in 18 months.

Supported receiving Inspection activities for all suppliers maintaining a less than 10 PPM

average.

Supporting the launch process for the next model RX due to launch Sept 2015

2009-2012 Johnson Controls Moulding, Mississauga, Ontario

Quality Engineer, Interim Manager

Initial position was for 3 months as Quality Manager to bridge the gap for at transfer Johnson

Controls manager to move to the position, Managed 3 quality engineers and 1 lab technician

supporting Toyota moulded product, Ford door production, Camero door production and Chrysler

headliner.

Moved into a full time quality engineering position supporting Toyota production. This included

moulded product for Toyota Cambridge, Toyota Woodstock and JCI Milton seating product.

Completed internal audits, supplier corrective action and internal improvement activities

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Lead a Quality improvement activity with Toyota Canada improving quality fromover 100 PPM to

meeting the 15ppm targets.

2002-2009 Mitchell Plastics/Ultra Manufacturing, Kitchener, Ontario

Quality Manager

Managed up to 15 quality engineers, inspectors and CMM operators.

Managed the quality portion of launch activities for Chrysler, General Motors, Ford, Toyota,

Honda, and Nissan programs.

Spent 2 years in Huntsville, Alabama as part of the senior management team starting up a

100,000 sq foot injection moulding facility. Successfully launched Honda, Toyota and Nissan

programs.

Managed the quality portion of the Toyota Rav4 and Lexus RX330 SUV launch for the Woodstock

and Cambridge Toyota plants. Achieved < 50 ppm for the first 3 months of launch and received

Launch awards from Toyota for the achievement.

Participated in Toyota TPS projects where the focus was on quality, efficiency and employee

working condition improvement. Successfully reduced cycle times and maintained quality

requirements.

1997 2002 Listowel Technology Inc, Listowel, Ontario

Quality Manager

Fourth Canadian employee hired to start up a new production facility to supply Honda Canada.

Managed 12 quality engineers through the successful start up of the Honda Civic, Honda

Odyssey, Honda Pilot, Acura EL, Acura MDX.

Received the Honda Quality Award second year of production.

Successfully registered the company to TS16949 Quality Management Systems and ISO14000

Environmental Management Systems.

Spent 6 months in the production side of the business managing the assembly department.

1982 1997 Hammond Manufacturing, Waterloo, Ontario

Quality Supervisor

Supervised two inspectors and one quality technician in the inspection and testing of

transformers for the electrical and electronics industry.

Implemented ISO 9000 quality systems.

Supported product used in Mil I45208 applications for the Canadian Military.

Managed the CAS certification of all product manufactured in Waterloo, which included

transformers, power bars, and surge suppression circuit boards.

Supported the start up of a second manufacturing facility in Waterloo.

Education:

Electronic Engineering Technology, DeVry Institute of Technology, Toronto, ON, 1982.

(Three year program)

Quality Assurance Program, Conestoga College, Kitchener, ON.

Professional Development:

TS 16949 Internal Auditor

5 Principals of Problem Solving (Honda System)

8 Disciplines of Problem Solving

PPAP Submission and Review (North American and Japanese systems)

Supervisory and Management Skills

Project Management

WHMIS

Certified TS lead auditor

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